perspectivesPerspectives explores the intersection of strategy, governance, and operations in research libraries and universities. Topics range from sector-level strategy to internal operations, written with the day-to-day challenges of leadership and administration squarely in focus.
A Short AI Reading List for Leaders
Below are four works on AI of particular interest for executives with organization-level decision making responsibility. Collectively, the works demonstrate why governance must be front and center for leadership when considering AI, why paying attention to issues of governance is a challenge, and cautionary tales of what happens when governance fails.
Why I Founded Manutius Group
My doctoral adviser, the historian Thomas Haskell, fostered in me an appreciation for the historically contingent nature of the institutions of higher education. Haskell argued that the modern research university institutionalized and sustained norms, including disinterested inquiry and academic freedom, that make authoritative knowledge possible.